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The crime comedy Seven Psychopaths, from writer/director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), is equal parts gore and humor, with an absolutely adorable Shih Tzu thrown in, for good measure. Struggling screenwriter Marty Faranan (Colin Farrell) is past deadline and out of ideas, until he gets inspiration from his best friend Billy (Sam Rockwell) and the eccentric Hans (Christopher Walken), whose dog-napping business results in gangster Charlie Costello (Woody Harrelson) desperate to get his prized pooch back.
At the film's press day, co-stars Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken talked about why they enjoy working with Martin McDonagh, the cemetery scene, what they found most memorable about working on the film, what inspired their performances, and delivering such great dialogue. Check out what they had to say after the jump.
Question: What about Martin McDonagh's sensibilities suited you well, in working with him?
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN: I don't know. I like him very much. They say casting is a big percentage of movies, and I think that's true. If the casting is right, you don't have to work as hard because whatever you are is what they're looking for. I know there's something about my personality that's suited for this movie.
Were you always offered the role that you played in the film, or did you look at some of the other roles too?
WALKEN: Nah, there was really only one role that I could play. I'm much older than the rest of them. I suppose I could have played the Tom [Waits] part, maybe, but it's better with him.
How was it to work with your canine co-star, Bonny?
WALKEN: Everybody asks about that dog. That dog was great. Everything they say about working with animals is not true, when it comes to that dog. Also, I never saw a movie with a lot of rabbits before, and I thought it was such a great idea to put so many rabbits into one scene.
Sam, can you talk about your character and his relationship with Colin Farrell's character in the film? A lot of the comedic moments in the film come from the relationship between you guys, so how did you approach fleshing out these characters?
SAM ROCKWELL: Colin and I had met each other 10 years previous, but we didn't really know each other all that well. Chris and I already knew each other from the play that we did together, so Martin wanted Colin and I to bond. The three of us all went to Joshua Tree and rented a house there. At one point, we stopped at a rest stop and Colin picked out that bear hat that I wear in the movie. He found it and put it on my head.
With both of you having known and worked with Martin McDonagh previously, how much of Martin did you see in the character of Marty?
ROCKWELL: A little bit. It's different because it's Colin, but they both probably struggle from a bit of that inner-artist debate.
Sam, how long did it take you to get your dialogue right, for the cemetery scene?
ROCKWELL: Well, it Martin ended up using more of that footage than I originally thought he was going to, so I got lucky, in that respect. It was a good day that turned out great. As it turns out, that speech was the backbone of that whole sequence.
Christopher, what did you think about having to come out of a coffin?
WALKEN: Well, I knew there was the cemetery scene and I knew there was a lot of stuff in it, but I wasn't aware of the specifics. I remember shooting that night, but I think I was only there for about an hour. I just got up into the coffin and they showed me how it was going to work. They said, "It pops up, and there you go!" They had so much to do that night, but I was there for only an hour.
Did you guys feel freedom to expand your characters, or did you stick more with Martin's vision?
ROCKWELL: A little bit.
WALKEN: I didn't really have anything to add.
ROCKWELL: I probably had too many props, at some point. I usually over prop myself. I'm a prop whore. Eventually, the director usually starts to take things away slowly and de-prop me because I'm like Rambo with my arsenal of props. I overdo it, usually.
What did you find memorable about playing these characters?
WALKEN: I'll be interested to see how regular audiences react. I had to go to the dentist recently and, when I walked in, the dentist says to me, "I'm looking forward to October 12th." I said, "What? What's happening then?" He said, "You know, your movie is opening," and I said, "Oh, yeah, right." So, when he and his family go see the movie, that's when I can get an impression about this movie. W hen I'm on the road making a movie in another city, on my day off, I always go to the movies. I love going to the movies. You get a ticket and sit there, and it's very interesting to be around people who aren't personally invested in you, in any way. They're just going to the movies.
ROCKWELL: What's memorable for me is the experience that we had on the film. It was such a great experience. We took our jobs very seriously, but we also had a lot of fun, and that's what is really memorable for me. Of course, we want the movie to be a smash hit, but who knows what's going to happen. I have memories of films that nobody ever saw, that I was very proud of, and those are still great memories. It would be great, if people saw this movie. It's a cool movie.
Were there any movies in particular that inspired you with this role and performance?
ROCKWELL: I actually watched Colin in In Bruges, a couple of times, because I thought the rhythms and the characters were similar. I did watch that documentary Grizzly Man. I thought watching that guy was helpful. Also, Kathy Bates in Misery. I watched that because of her obsession with James Caan.
WALKEN: I said to Martin once, in rehearsal for the play, "How did you ever come to write a play about a guy who goes around with a suitcase filled with cut-off hands?," and he said, "You know, I was just sitting there one day and I thought to myself, 'I wonder what it would be like for a guy who went all over the place with a suitcase filled with hands.'" It's as simple as that.
When you were reading the script, what was most surprising for you, in the development of the story?
WALKEN: The whole thing is surprising. Whenever you read a script that has big chunks of intelligent and juicy dialogue, that's pretty unusual. I have a lot of trouble with scripts. I have a lot of trouble imagining things while I'm reading them. Sometimes, if you're lucky, before you start shooting, the actors will sit around a table and they read the script out loud. For me, that's a big moment because, no matter how many times I read a script before I get there, I can't see it. But, the moment that I get there, that's when I finally can see it. Obviously, this was a terrific script, but I couldn't imagine it.
Do you seek out scripts with juicy dialogue, then?
WALKEN: You always look for good stuff. Very few scripts have focus on what people are saying. Movies can be a lot of things, but they're usually not about the kind of dialogue that tells you where you are and where you're going. But, you don't get really smart, fun stuff to say, all that often. I've made four studio movie musicals, over the years, but they just don't make those kinds of movies now.
Seven Psychopaths opens in theaters on October 12th.


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Some links from around college football on a Wednesday…
— To surprise of no one following the Gophers, Minnesota's starting quarterback will be Philip Nelson.
— UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr left practice with an unknown injury, but coach Jim Mora said on the Dan Patrick Show that it wasn't anything serious.
— ESPN's Sports Business reporter Kristi Dosh breaks down some numbers if video game revenue was shared with athletes.
— We'll give Mack Brown this: he sure is confident.
— Former Alabama defensive end D.J. Pettway has enrolled in a Community College in Mississippi.
— Expect Kentucky to play two quarterbacks in its season opener.
— Stewart Mandel of SI writes a good piece on Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost.

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Cocktails and Spirits with Paul Clarke: Moonshine in the Modern World
Weekly insight into the world of drinks with Paul Clarke from the Cocktail Chronicles and Imbibe magazine.
"... If you know how to distill, it makes drinking a much more interesting experience."
A big part of being an adventurous eater is the experience of DIY--of starting with basic ingredients and utilizing heat, time, a deft hand and a little salt to come up with culinary brilliance. (At least, that's the way it's supposed to work.)
As it goes with food, so it goes with drink. Home brewers got things rolling a few decades back, working with malt syrup and mail-order kits to undercut the hegemony of the big brewers with craft-brewed beers that went on to spark a microbrew revolution. Garagistes and other small-scale winemakers followed soon thereafter, and in the process helped inject creative talent into the American wine industry. But what about the harder stuff? Sure, there are small distilleries around the country, and some are doing great things--but these are still relatively small in number, and it's a big, thirsty world out there. Where's the next round of innovation going to come from in the world of spirits?
In the current issue of Imbibe, I have an article on the current wave of home distillers, New Moon Rising. Growing up in rural Oklahoma, I'd always considered homemade hooch to be the stuff that had been distilled from fermented cattle feed, run through an old radiator and bottled in plastic milk jugs. That side of moonshine still exists, but what I found as I worked on the story and talked to home distillers across the country was that the homemade stuff is absolutely everywhere, and some if it is pretty damn good.
Here in Seattle I tasted some fantastic homemade apple brandy that was made in a kitchen in the residential Queen Anne neighborhood, along with a peculiar spirit based on boiled onions and brown sugar that, as it trickled from the still, had an odor that I initially blamed on the distiller's elderly beagle. And in recent years I've had gins, absinthes, whiskies, and brandies in bottles that have taped-on labels fresh off the inkjet, and that ranged in quality from abysmal to ambrosial.
Helping this current trend along is that many of those now embracing home distilling come from the culinary world. Among the folks I talked to for the article were chefs, bartenders and restaurant workers who are applying the curiosity and experience they bring to their profession to their hobbyist work with a still. As Matthew Rowley, a fan of artisanal liquor and the author of Moonshine! said for the story, "They try to personalize it and create a flavor that suits them [...] There's a great appeal to learning the process--it's like if you know how to cook, you can appreciate going out to dinner more. If you know how to distill, it makes drinking a much more interesting experience."
Needless to say, distilling without the appropriate licenses and permits is illegal, period, virtually everywhere except New Zealand. That said, who's with me? Have you been introduced to an interesting grappa or eau de vie at a dinner party, only to get a sly smile and evasive answer when you've asked about the brand? Or do you have a "friend" who keeps bottles of an extra-special and extremely rare whiskey on hand for when close friends drop by? There's lots of fun stuff flying under the radar right now--let's hear about your best (and worst) experiences.
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Recently, David wrote about the perils of being married to a paleontologist - mainly, that paleontologists tend to name things they discover after their loved ones. Sounds great! Some fossils - like Sue or Stan - are known all over the world. They're so famous, they only need one name - kind of like Cher. Who wouldn't want to be immortalized as a fossil?
Well...not every fossil is T. rex. And David's find happened to have some particularly unattractive characteritics as a species. If you missed it, check it out here and let us know what you would have done in his shoes.
In this case, David's wife now has the honor of giving her name to a particularly well-preserved lysorophus. And, the lovely people of MD Anderson were kind enough to give us a look at the inside of this fascinating fossil, through the use of the computed tomography (CT) scanning in their small animal imaging facility.
The cloudy red area you see in this video is the rock surrounding the fossil itself. The more defined, lighter sections show the fossil itself. As the image rotate, you can see the ribs and spine curling around. In life, it would have looked something like a pile of coiled rope, with each coil resting on the one under it. Stretched out, Nicole would have been about 18 - 20 inches long.
You can also see an vertical oval outline protruding from the main coil - it starts on the right, rolls around to the left, and then ends at the right again, it will be on the right of your screen. According to David, this is probably the skull.
Even cooler, this next video is in 3D - if you've got the red and blue glasses, this should pop right off the screen.
Advqnced 3D Imaging and Movies courtesy of:
Luc Bidaut, PhD.
Director, Image Processing & Visualization Lab (IPVL) UT - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
lbidaut [at] mdanderson.org
Computed tomography (CT) performed in the Small Animal Imaging Facility (SAIF), UT-MDACC


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Klocwork, a developer of automated source code analysis tools, has announced new capabilities to overcome the challenges of multicore and multiprocessor development.
Klocwork Truepath, Klocwork's static analysis engine, has been enhanced to address two issues related to multicore and multiprocessor development:
- Endian incompatibilities. Heterogeneous processor architectures require developers to ensure that their data interaction with the target processor is in the proper endian format. This is a costly and complicated problem when developing on large systems with multiple processors or during a porting effort. Klocwork's new analysis capabilities will flag instances where data is being transmitted to or from the target without being transformed.
- Concurrency defects. Multicore development can present challenges to software developers when ensuring parallel processes don't conflict with one another. Software deadlocks are an example of the type of issues developers need to deal with in this domain. These issues are difficult to identify and reproduce but with Klocwork's new analysis capabilities, developers can analyze the whole program space to identify situations where potential conflicts occur.
The growth in multicore and multiprocessor architectures is being driven by demand for more sophisticated feature sets, advanced user interfaces, and perpetual connectivity in next-generation embedded devices. According to data from VDC Research, use of multicore and/or multiprocessor designs is expected to grow by almost 75 percent in the next two years. Their data also shows that multicore and multiprocessor software projects are 4.5X more expensive, have 25 percent longer schedules, and require almost 3X as many software engineers. These business impacts are driving software teams to search for advanced development tools to contain and reduce these costs and associated risks.
"Our data shows that software projects using multicore and/or multiprocessor architectures have become larger, longer, and farther behind schedule than those utilizing single processor designs," says VDC's Chris Rommel. "Combined with the fact that software engineers are generally underwhelmed with the development tools that can handle this level of complexity, Klocwork's new capabilities should be a welcome addition to the mix."


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Florence, Italy is a city you can visit again and again. Food, art, fashion, history - it can all be found here. If it's your first time visiting, you'll likely want to see David at the Accademia, perhaps spend a few hours admiring the incredible Uffizi art collection, take in the grand Duomo, and enjoy the sights, smells and tastes of the Central Market.
Yet, there's so much more to Florence. We signed up for Azamara's "Independent Exploration of Florence" Azamara Shore Excursions tour, which provided an easy way into the city and some excellent history and information along the way.
We began our day by crossing the Arno River to visit Piazzale Michelangelo. This square, built in 1869 on a hill just South of the historic city center, offers the most breathtaking panorama of Florence possible. It's a view that will make you fall in love with Florence.
We visited the nearby Basilica San Miniato al Monte nearby, and explored its vast cemetery, where many famous Italians are buried – including Carlo Collodi, the creator of Pinocchio.
The Piazzale is at the top of 680,193 steps (OK, I did not count - but it felt like it!) so it's not a climb for the faint of heart. If you go, take my advice: treat yourself to a gelato afterwards.
Afterwards, we explored the city center of Italy, stopping for a glance of the Duomo and Piazza della Signoria. We used the Azamara & AFAR Media app to get great recommendations for the area, and ended up at a sidewalk café for a glass of Brunello wine and boar salami (cinghiale) sandwiches.
In the afternoon, we found our way to our chosen Hide & Tweet location: the Basilica di Santa Croce Leather School. Kristi, on Twitter, was the first person to correctly identify where we were. She'll receive a wonderful book about Florence art & architecture!
The Basilica di Santa Croce is the largest Franciscan church in the world. Legend says the church was founded by Saint Francis himself. Today, the dormitories house the Scuola del Cuoio, or Leather School. It's fascinating to watch the artisans craft a variety of leather goods, and the adjacent store is one of the best places to buy leather goods in all of Florence.
In fact, Florence is a shopaholic's dream come true. The famous Ponte Vecchio is only a fifteen minute walk from Piazza di Santa Croce, and is home to jewelers, souvenir shops and art dealers. It may be touristy, but it's worth a look. Continuing on from there, it's a ten minute walk to the Santa Maria Novella Church. This church isn't among the most impressive in Florence, but is home to one of the world's oldest pharmacies. Officina Profumo Farmaceutica Santa Maria Novella now sells perfumes and colognes, soaps, and other products. For those who'd prefer to look, but not buy, the Gucci Museum near the Uffizi Gallery is an enjoyable place to visit.
After a full day of exploration, we returned to the Azamara Quest, eager to reconnect with Simon and hear about his day in Florence and Pisa. Follow along tomorrow, as we Hide & Tweet in the eternal city: Rome!
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Recently I started a project (sources and more details on github) which provides a very simple 8 port logic sniffer written in Verilog for the Lattice MachXO2 Breakout Board. Currently also a simple Python API is available to control the logic sniffer through its on board USB port.
The main features of the logic sniffer ar so far:
- 8 input ports
- up to 48MHz sampling rate
- 16KB sample buffer (using FPGA EBR)
- serial interface through on board FTDI for control at 921600 Baud
- support for simple trigger masks
- configurable sample cock
The Python API supports the following:
- configure sample clock (48MHz to 800Hz)
- configure trigger
- start sampling (with or without trigger) and download samples
- write raw samples
- write samples in VCD (value change definition) for use with GTKWave
- write samples in Sigrok format vor use with Pulseview
Using the Python API
To sample without trigger and save the samples as VCD, the following could be done:
from LogicSniffer import * # we use the UART IO driver to the Lattice rio = RegIoUartDriver('/dev/ttyUSB1') # and we need the low-level sniffer driver ... lsd = LogicSnifferDriver(rio) # ... to build the logic sniffer high-level interface lsn = LogicSniffer(lsd) # begin sampling lsn.sample() # write samples to VCD file which could be opend e.g. in GTKWave lsn.write_vcd('test.vcd')
Or sample at 10KHz and trigger sampling as soon as port 0 goes to high, write Sigrok file:
from LogicSniffer import * rio = RegIoUartDriver('/dev/ttyUSB1') lsd = LogicSnifferDriver(rio) lsn = LogicSniffer(lsd) # set sample clock lsn.sample_clock = 10 * KHz # set trigger (first param is the mask, second the value) lsn.trigger = (0x01, 0x01)


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If you've been following the ponycorns saga, you know that i made a game with my 5-year-old daughter Cassandra at a weekend game jam, and it went viral. This isn't the story of its unexpected success … i'll save that story for another time. It's still unfolding. This is the story of how my highest hope for Cassie (for the time being, anyway) came true.
Visualization FTW
Have you ever imagined how a scene in your life would play out, and when you reached that moment, everything went exactly as you envisioned it, as if you and everyone around you were following a script?
Actually when i pictured it, it was more of an octopus ..
When i originally had the idea to work on a TOJam game with my daughter, i knew the ultimate pay-off would be the day she walked into her kindergarten class with our Blackberry Playbook, and showed the game off to the other kids. Short of "Daddy and i built a jetpack", it's probably one of the coolest show n' tell sessions ever.
In the days after TOJam and all the fun Cassie and i had there, she would excitedly tell her classmates about the experience. True to form, her fellow five-year-olds actually started mocking her, saying "TOJam isn't REAL. You're making it up!" They even doubted the existence of "The Boss", TOJam co-founder Jim McGinley, who took on a Santa Claus-like mystique following the jam.
He does have a magical twinkle, doesn't he? (photo by Paul Hillier)
Eat THIS, Five-Year-Olds
All this doubt floating around at school, and Cassie's Snuffleupagesque insistence that it really did happen, paved the way for a truly magical show n' tell session today in her kindergarten class. There we were, just as i'd pictured it, showing the Playbook version to a formerly disbelieving group of kids as they sat, spellbound, on the storytime carpet.
Cassie's finest hour.
Wit a grown-up telling the class all about it, there was no way the little TOJam-deniers could object. We told them all about how you get to stay up way past your bedtime there – even overnight – and that lots of people brought pillows and slept on the floor. We told them about the kitchen full of candy, where you could grab as much as you wanted and still go back for more. Cassie regaled them with the tale of how she ate two and a half bagels, and they made her fart, so i told her to stand in the designated "farting corner" to keep our work area bearable. (This is a story she gleefully repeated this evening when we were interviewed by BulletProof Radio.)
"What did you learn in school today?" "Ponycorns friggin' RULE!"
The kids watched, transfixed, as Cassie showed them how to collect the first two ponycorns. We left it on a cliffhanger, but i wrote a little note that will go into each student's Wednesday envelope that tells their parents how they can access the game to play the rest of it with their children. i also wrote that if the parents were interested in making games with their children, they could check out the fabulous Scratch.
Games for Change
To wrap it up, we did a "question" period. The questions were "Um, Cassie, i like the green ponycorn," and "i like the colour purple that you used in your rainbows." Then Cassie showed the children the plush ponycorns that her mom made for her, and we gave each of the students a little ponycorn button.
i really, truly hope that this will spark a desire in the kids and their parents to get more involved in technology, an area which is tragically stagnant in elementary-level education due to the age of the teachers and a lack of funding. This is the same school where i'm working with the principal to offer Scratch instruction to the grade three class, which may yet become a lunchtime program that all of the students can enjoy.
The ponycorn revolution is turning out to be more than just the story of a little girl making a game … i'd like it to be the story of kids, everywhere, using technology to create – not just to consume.


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Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer are 100% confirmed to be the duo to bring the upcoming "Hellraiser" remake to life. If those names rings a bell you might recognize them as the pair that brought us all the "My Bloody Valentine" remake, and that was in 3D! So good news... right? Ah whatever.
Here's some new images from "Saw 3D" and they're chock full of trappy goodness. I'm also pretty sure they're full of spoiler goodness because when I see the film and I see the guy about to lose his hand and I think, "Gee I wonder if this guy is going to lose his hand" I'll remember, "Oh yeah he does, I saw it in the 75,000 images they released from the movie."
It's always sad when the last movie a famous actor makes before he dies turns out to be a pile of crap. So I was really worried when I watched the new trailer for the exorcism flick "The Rite" staring Anthony Hopkins. Then I realized that it was Dennis Hopper I was thinking of and Anthony Hopkins is still very much alive. So it doesn't really matter if the movie sucks or not. I can't tell you what a giant relief this is to me.
Jason Rothenberg, who's current writing credit is a TV movie I've never heard of, has been confirmed to write the upcoming "Twilight Zone" movie. I have nothing good or bad to say about this because I have no idea who he is. But you check back in a few months and I'll think of something, just you wait.


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In my previous post I talked about Goddess Tara, who is also popularly known as the Green Tara. I shared her story and I also shared the story on how Goddess Tara helped 'liberate' me from my previous employer.
Now, allow me to share with you ways on paying homage to Goddess Tara.
Like any other Buddha, Bodhisattva, Deity or Immortal, one of the best ways to pay homage to Goddess Tara or Green Tara is to invite her image into your home.
Having her image in your home will not only earn merits for you because you are paying homage to her, but it will also grant you blessings from Goddess Tara. Goddess Tara will provide you with countless opportunities and it is up to you to just grab these opportunities.
Again, wearing her image as a pendant will surely bring countless blessings from Goddess Tara.
In times of troubles, or if you need to decide on something, or in times of change, or if you need change, call on Goddess Tara by reciting her mantra and she'll guide you to the right path! But more than that she'll provide you the right path!
The mantra of Goddess Tara is – OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA.
Wearing a symbolic script of her mantra or her seed syllable TAM, which is included in WISH FULFILLING AND BUDDHA'S BLESSING MANTRA PENDANT, will provide you with a blessing as if you're constantly reciting her mantra.
The pronunciation of the mantra is OM, TARE is pronounced with a short A, and RE is pronounced as RAY. TUT is pronounced as TWO, TARE same as the first TARE. TURE is pronounced TWO and RAY.


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Aemilius, Gerardus (17th century)
Gerardus Aemilius, a Reformed pastor and also a physician at Oud-Beijerland in the Dutch province of South Holland, had a dispute at this town on Sunday, 18 April 1663, with Tieleman Jansz van Braght, the Mennonite elder of Dordrecht and the author of the Martyrs' Mirror. The debate, which pertained to the question whether or not infant baptism is scriptural, lasted from six o'clock in the evening until two at night, attended by a large concourse of the people. At this hour, Aemilius broke off the dispute, and was not willing to continue it publicly on the following day. It had been the stipulation of van Braght that it be held "with open doors in the church of the Reformed or the Mennonites." On 20 June of that year Aemilius visited van Braght in Dordrecht and kindly requested that they "no longer dispute quarrelsomely with each other, but debate in friendly discussion." A copy of the document of the dispute held in Oud-Beijerland is to be found in the Mennonite archives at Amsterdam.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884. Available in full electronic text (U.S. only) at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074770424: I, no. 612.
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland, 2 vols. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: I, 197-199.
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 20. All rights reserved.
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November is National Novel Writing Month, and although the month is coming to an end, it's never too late to work on that new novel. These smart Chrome extensions will help get your writing juices flowing year-round. Whether you're a beginner, blogger, a novelist, or just someone who wants to avoid making spelling mistakes, you'll find something here that will make your writing life easier and more efficient.
You might be skeptical that a Chrome extension could actually help you organize a writing project, or that it will motivate you to even start writing when all you really want to do is read online comics. But we're serious here. We consider the art of writing to be very important. We've got one tool that lets you invite friends to give you feedback while you write, another to change your setup so it feels like you're typing in outer space, and spell-checkers to make you sound even more eloquent than usual. So let's get going.
Scriptito is a powerhouse. It lets you write, read, share your work, and export it to HTML, EPUB, and Mobipocket. Its impressive text editor and project manager combine into Project Workspace, a tool that offers storyboards to map out and organize your assignment, including your characters and settings. Draggable index cards containing cross-referencing features are also helpful. You can also store your research in folders and access it from any computer.
One of Scriptito's most helpful offerings is its auto-save feature, which steps in every two minutes and records each change. Even a month or more later, you can look up your edits and undo them. Scriptito thus spares you the anxiety of making changes while not being sure that you want to keep them.
As if that wasn't enough, this extension also has a customizable multi-panel display for when it's time to read your work; comment panels to give and receive feedback; and privacy settings to share portions or the whole of your work with certain people or the entire world. It's also great if you just want to read other people's writing.
You can use the free version for as long as you want and upgrade when you want more storage space.
Rizzoma is ideal for people who want to create, plan, and organize their ideas together. Want to collaborate on a blog post? Assign due dates and enlist the help of a friend using automatic e-mail notifications. Need feedback on an important letter? Your friends can leave comments right inside the text with foldable in-line replies and messages, enabling a tree-structure of discussions, so you can avoid confusion and keep the structure of your content visible. Rizzoma is also image-friendly and link-friendly, so you can insert and attach any kind of media file and links to external resources.
ScribeFire is a popular, user-friendly, and full-featured blog editor you can use to publish content to multiple blogs. It works with WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, TypePad, and other platforms that support the MetaWeblog or MovableType APIs.
What can you do on ScribeFire? You can save drafts, update, schedule, delete, tag, and categorize posts. You an also edit them visually or using HTML or Markdown. It also saves your work automatically if you close the editor. No wonder it's one of the most popular Chrome extensions.
After the Deadline
After the Deadline is a super-powered spelling, style, and grammar checker. It uses artificial intelligence to find mistakes in your e-mails, blog posts, Tweets, and other posts so you don't have to worry about looking foolish in front of grammar Nazis. Don't worry, it uses SSL to encrypt your content and doesn't keep your data. Even cooler, this extension also proofreads in French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Firefox and OpenOffice extensions are also available.
Grammar and Spell Checker by Ginger
An even more popular extension is Grammar and Spell Checker by Ginger, also available on Firefox, IE, and Safari. At almost 100,000 users-strong, this software is the number one contextual grammar and spell checker in the world and is 10 times more efficient than regular proofreading tools (according to Ginger's creators). This program goes beyond just reading your words. It instead uses context to understand what you meant to say. Pretty cool.
Grammar and Spell Checker by Ginger checks your writing within blogging, e-mail, and social media platforms, including Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Quora, and plain-text websites. Ginger also offers a free desktop version so you can use the software in MS Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Scriffon is a minimalist, elegant text publisher that serves as an alternative to blogs. This program presents all writings in the same way. There are no themes to choose from and no display or navigation options. The design is meant to prevent distraction and help your writing get all the attention while also allowing for the use of an unlimited amount of pen names (the idea is that you can write more freely while swathed in the safety of anonymity).
A fascinating feature is the extension's collaborative translations. Publish your work – whether it's a recipe, a how-to, or anything else – and Scriffon users from across the globe will be able to translate it into another language, each one getting its own common draft. Anyone can translate, but only you can approve the translation and publish it, thereby making it accessible to a wider audience.
Are you a fan of typewriters? Then get ready for the generically named Writer, a fast, clean, and simple Internet typewriter. You can select any foreground and background color and have an array of custom fonts and line spacing options to choose from; but, other than that, there are no bells and whistles to play with. This is a huge advantage for those who rely on formatting details to procrastinate. Eradicate all distractions by right-clicking the extension icon and choosing "Open full screen." Writer also comes with auto-save and word count, and lets you export your content as text or PDF via e-mail or blog.
WordFlow 2.5 is another simple text editor. What's special about WordFlow? Unlike Scriffon and Writer, this program offers more fonts, keyboard shortcuts, night mode, fluid width options for writers with bigger screens, .txt and .md formats, and markdown output (which requires the simultaneous use of markdown software).
In addition, the tool automatically saves your work, a feature you'll appreciate if you're not a compulsive saver. You can access your files from any computer since WordFlow works both offline and with the cloud, including services such as Google Drive, SkyDrive, DropBox, and others. It's not free, but at $1.99, you might as well try the latest version of this minimalist text editor.
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Day 4 – Linking up with aviation
FOB SHANK – Dusty, desolate, in the middle of nowhere. Close your eyes tight and open them up. You may think you are somewhere in the high desert of central Nevada, perhaps east of Rawhide and north of Gabbs.
Mountains surround the valley here, rising above the barren desert floor. For the men and women of Bravo Company, 189th GSB Aviation of the Nevada Army National Guard, this has been and will be home for a while. Plywood buildings and tents dot the base that sits in Logar Province, south-southwest of Bagram and Kabul, but man can make the best of any situation when the survivor instinct takes over.
Traveling to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank takes time and planning. A short, uneventful flight aboard a twin-prop airplane from Bagram Air Field (BAF) brought soldiers and me here within an hour.
Once here, it was little time for acclimation. In military speak, I had to hit the ground running since time is valuable during my short stay in Afghanistan.
Nevada helicopter aviators and their crews, as well as support personnel, have made Shank home since the spring. Soldiers from both Bravo Company and another company from Montana have bonded together as one supportive family, but this is common place for any National Guard unit I have seen, whether in war or in peacetime.
"They have their backs for each other …"
I spent the afternoon talking to our hometown heroes … many of them hailing from the Reno-Carson City-Dayton area, Fallon and Fernley. Two pilots come from Las Vegas. Once in country, though, there is no division of hometown. They consider themselves all Americans, all Nevadans fighting a war against a common enemy.
Mail call became a very special event today.
The fifth-grade classes at Riverview Elementary School in Dayton sent care packages with goodies and letters. Guardsmen packed the orderly room – many of them circling a big planning table in the middle of the room — sifting through the contents and reading each letter with care. A letter from teachers Renae Ellis and Gina Musselman thanked the soldiers for their service in such a far away land.
Sgt. Thomas Kiernan's daughter is one of those fifth graders, and everyone in the orderly room could see the sparkle in the guardsman's eyes and the hear the pride in his voice as he talked about his daughter, her classmates and teachers.
Wishes from the teachers' letter told of how they combined their efforts as the classes thanked Nevada's soldiers for serving their country and gathered treats as part of their Veterans Day activities. Both Renae and Gina said families donated treats. They said the project "sparked a lot of discussion about the military."
Furthermore, they said "Students would love to meet you and ask you questions about your time in the National Guard."
Care packages from families and Family Readiness Support groups brighten the soldiers' day when mail arrives half-way around the world, and for the fifth-graders, their package meant even more by coming during the Veterans Day weekend.
As for day in and day out here, operations take on a 24-hour around-the-clock meaning. I have been approved to fly on several general support missions with the aviators during my stay and experience what they encounter every day of the week.
These are experienced aviators and crews, and I am ready for my mission to tell their stories to their fellow Nevadans.
Out from FOB Shank, Afghanistan.
Steve Ranson is the editor of the Lahontan Valley News and a retired Nevada Army guardsmen who spent 28 years in the military.


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REALLY glad I read this article before the holidays roll around! There's a lot of great advice in here; my personal favorite would have to be the concept of online shopping on Black Friday, AFTER visiting the store. I've always felt that the biggest downfall of online shopping is not being able to get a good look at the product, so it's nice to be reminded that you can check them out in the store first.
Even More Black Friday Savings Tips From Shopping Experts
Black Friday is widely regarded as the unofficial start to the holiday buying period, and for good reason — most retailers offer deep discounts the day after Thanksgiving to jump-start sales in anticipation of Christmas and Hanukkah. You can browse the Internet endlessly trying to find the best tips and tricks to help you make the most of Black Friday (and Cyber Monday), but that would seriously cut into your turkey and family time. To save you a headache, I've reached out to financial and frugal-living experts to compile this comprehensive list of their best advice. When the pie is polished off and the dishes are put away, I hope you'll remember these savvy shopping tidbits to help you walk away a winner as you usher in the holidays. Happy shopping and happy holidays! (See also: Black Friday Tips From Money-Saving Experts)
Price Matching
Andrew Schrage, founder of Money Crashers, advises to keep an eye on price-matching offers while making sure you've read the find print:
Price matching can be tricky. Retailers love to advertise price matching, but when you get down to the fine print, you may find a number of caveats. For example, many stores require you to provide a physical ad displaying the better price in order for the retailer to honor your request.
However, Walmart has led the way with consumer-friendly price matching. Last year, Walmart instituted a policy stating that if you purchased something from one of its locations during December and then found it elsewhere at a reduced price, you would be refunded (with some exclusions) as long as the better deal was offered before Christmas Day. It remains to be seen if it will offer a similar program this year.
Boost Your Buying Power
Swagbucks, a top online rewards destination, has launched a new program called Shop & Earn, which helps budget buyers stretch their money by offering exclusive discounts to more than 300 big-box retailers like Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Apple, Kohl's, and Macy's, among others.
As an incentive for participating in the program, users earn points called SB ("currency" redeemable for gift cards and products from these stores), which help boost consumers' holiday buying power. In addition, for peak shopping periods around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Swagbucks will double and triple its Shop & Earn rewards on Friday, Nov. 23, and Monday, Nov. 26.
Shop In-Store, Buy Online
Leslie Linevsky, co-founder of Catalogs.com, thinks taking part in the Black Friday is a good idea, but you can save time by avoiding the long lines and making the actual purchases online:
Avoid back-breaking heavy bags, skip the check out lines, and pay for everything all at once. How? Enjoy your shopping experience: go to the store, try on, touch and make your selections — putting everything in your online shopping cart at the store's website. Check out while you relax at the food court and have all your purchases delivered right to your door.
Use Black Friday Sites to Streamline the Process
Black Friday veteran Jon Vincent is the co-creator of BlackFriday.info and Black-Friday.net, both of which recently merged with BlackFriday.com. Vincent says that Black Friday-dedicated sites make it easier for shopper to plan their attack by providing email alerts, all the ads in one place, and the ease of comparing prices between stores. Another weapon in Black Friday sites' arsenal is social media. "Social media is another way to keep on top of breaking ads," Vincent says. "Follow or 'like' Black Friday sites or the stores you want to shop to get updates on ad breaks."
Just Say No to Credit Card Offers on Black Friday
Jeanette Pavini is the resident household-savings expert at Coupons.com, and she warns that while it may be tempting to sign up for a store credit card on Black Friday to score even more savings, it's a trap you should steer clear of unless you plan to pay off the balance immediately.
"Every time you have your credit checked you may be lowering your credit score which can have long-term ramifications, like paying a higher interest rate on a car
purchase or a home refinance," Pavini says. "Only open a card in store if you can pay the entire balance off when you get the bill — paying interest is not saving
Stock Up on Discounted Gift Cards to Pay for Purchases
This tip from Andrea Woroch, who provides consumer advice to top news outlets like "Good Morning America," CNN, and the New York Times, is often overlooked; but it can help you keep more money in your pocket when you're at the cash wrap.
"The best way to enhance your savings is by using discounted gift cards to purchase items on Black Friday" says Woroch. "Sites like GiftCardGranny.com offer gift cards at less than face value to popular retailers like Kohl's, Target, Macy's, Best Buy, and more with an average savings of 12% off."
Black Friday Can Help You Save on Things For You, Too
While you're out buying for people on your list, also keep an eye on items you may need for yourself and your home, says Cherie W. Lowe, aka The Queen of Free: "Not all Black Friday sales are about gifts. Kitchen appliances, bath towels, coats, and countless other items drop to their lowest prices of the year the day after Thanksgiving. Keep in mind that you might not see these items so cheap until next year."
Beware of Doorbusters
Brad Wilson of BlackFriday2012.com maintains that while doorbusters can be a boon to savvy shoppers, they can also be a source of a major headache during the morning rush.
"Be wary of Black Friday doorbusters with quantity limits," Wilson says. "If a store only has 10 items at that price, go elsewhere. Remember that you only need to hit the stores early if the object of your desire is a doorbuster. If you aren't after a $5 coffee maker or a $200 flat screen, you can probably skip the morning rush and hit the stores in the afternoon once things have calmed down."
Stack Your Savings
Couponing expert and founder of cash-back rewards site BeFrugal.com Jon Lal reminds us that sometimes, you can use deals on top of deals. "When you shop online on Black Friday, you can often get free shipping offers... [and] use an online coupon code, plus earn free cash back."
Shop Differently on Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday
"From our 13 years of Black Friday experience, tech gadgets and other 'hard goods' will be at their lowest prices on Black Friday. Cyber Monday is the day to get the best deals on 'soft goods' like clothing, makeup, home décor, and more," says Julie Vlahon from TechBargains.com.
Make the Most of Mobile Apps
Shopping apps have become a huge part of Black Friday over the past few years. Here are a few to look into before heading out to shop till you drop:
Extra! Extra! is a new app that curates deals from thousands of sites and retailers in one place. It's perfect for shoppers looking for quick and easy coupons while they're out holiday shopping. Forgot to clip coupons from the paper? No problem! If you have Extra! Extra! on your phone, you can redeem deals like 20% off at Famous Footwear, $10 off a purchase of $30 or more at Bath and Body Works, or a free chicken sandwich at Sonic. These deals are instantly redeemable via mobile devices and require no extra effort from shoppers. The average user saves about $100 a month. Best of all, it's absolutely free to download on iOS and Android.
List Bliss is the best way to organize your holiday shopping this season. Let's say mom and dad are tag-teaming a shopping list for their kids. List Bliss syncs their shopping lists in real-time, so you always know what your significant other has already purchased. Split up at the mall and shop in half the time, while staying up to date on what's in your partner's basket. It also helps families stay on budget — you would never shop online without knowing the cost of your "shopping cart," so why do so in real life? List Bliss is free for iOS and Android.
CheckPoints is the premier shopping rewards platform that "gamifies" the shopping experience and awards consumers just for checking out products in over 2 million U.S. stores. No other shopping rewards app is available in as many retail locations. CheckPoints users have earned nearly $2 million in rewards thus far, and there's plenty more to go around!
While apps are an excellent additional savings resource on Black Friday, PayPal shopping specialist Claudia Lombana advises that you still need to practice common sense:
Stay safe when using a mobile device to shop this season," she says. "Use a PIN/password that is set to time out so the phone locks automatically. Don't click on links sent via SMS (text) that ask you to verify personal information; call or log on to those accounts directly instead. If you download apps, do so from reputable sources only. Respond to all upgrade notifications on your mobile device promptly (whether for an operating system or an app). And check your account transactions regularly so you can address problems right away.
Look Into Debit Rewards Programs
Make money while you save money — that's the advice of Jessica Howell, a rep with Ally Bank:
When it comes to saving money during the holidays, an area of savings often overlooked are debit rewards programs. Ally Bank's program, Perks, automatically gives our (free) Interest Checking Account customers money back when they make qualifying purchases at participating retailers (think: Crate & Barrel, Best Buy, Target and Whole Foods) — nothing to sign up for, and no cost. Our national offers are published weekly on our Straight Talk Blog.
This is just an example of what one bank is doing to help soften the holiday-shopping blow to its customers, but there are plenty more. Check with your banking institution to see if it offers a similar program.
Understand the Return Policy Before You Buy
It's easy to get blinded by deep discounts, but Steven Zussino at GroceryAlerts.ca warns you to be informed about return policies so you don't get stuck with something you don't want.
"Make sure you are not stuck with any purchases that do not meet your expectations by reading the return policies in advance. Some retailers allow you to return online orders to a local store at no extra cost, while others may charge you for return shipping as well as a restocking fee."
Be Mindful of Identity Theft When Shopping Online
One of the best ways for your holiday season to be ruined is to have your identity stolen. That's why you MUST heed this advice from Jodi Burack of LifeLock Consumer Education:
"'S' is for Santa and security. When it comes time to insert your personal identifying information (name, address, phone, credit card number, etc.) when shopping online during the holidays, be sure that the URL on the site begins with https://. The 's' lets you know that your information is encrypted during the transmission."
Be Vigilant With Daily Deals
Tricia Meyer from Helping Moms Connect offers this helpful tidbit for daily-deal lovers: "Be wary of 'daily deal' sites and check that the prices are actually better than usual. For example, one daily deal site today is advertising a 'special' on a product for $9, but perhaps you can buy that same product any day for $5. Just because a site says it's a special for that day only, does not mean that it is. You still need to compare."
These are all excellent tips from Black Friday and shopping experts, but there are plenty more tips and tricks to keep in mind. If you have a good one to share with Wise Bread readers, let me know in the comments below.
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Very good advice for saving on the real black friday deals. Dedicated deals sites make it easy for finding the good deals


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Hogle's announcement comes six days after his termination of former police officer Patti Beardsley, who waved her department-issued handgun at a motorist Sept. 16 in front of her Sarasota home.
Anderson's termination went into effect Sept. 4.
In a disciplinary action memo sent to Anderson dated Oct. 21, Hogle said Anderson awakened a Key resident June 14 and told him to move his vehicle from the grass median beside his home, even though the vehicle was not creating a traffic hazard.
A video of the incident taped from Anderson's squad car reveals Anderson did not give the man an opportunity to produce his driver's license or move the vehicle before arresting him for "resisting, obstructing and failure to obey a lawful command."
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I'm a strategy consultant working with a woodworking designer friend who needs to clarify her product design vision.
My friend does furniture, home decor objects and kitchen accessories. She has been working on her own for a few years and her work has gotten her into several trade shows, where she tends to make most of her sales of finished products. She also does custom work upon request. Of course, she has found it very challenging to make a living through this, and as part of this equation, I feel her product vision needs to be clarified and distilled into something strong, embracing concepts, aesthetics, form, materials, etc.
My question is about giving her a framework for clarifying her product vision. I've had her audit trends and products she is drawn to, and I'm asking her to think about these in function of her beliefs about design and products and how people relate to them.
I'm wondering if anyone has gone through this process formally or informally, and would have any additional advice in this regard.
You're on the right track. Our economy rewards specialization, so having her concentrate on a few, sellable items is a good idea - if that's what she wants to do, and if she can survive financially while she develops that market. But it's a very complicated question, and part of the answer is what channel she intends to use for marketing. Internet? Shows? A showroom? Word of mouth? Each of these is very different, and the best product for one might not work so well for another.
We are considering all distribution channels at this point, although retail obviously has implications in terms of margins.
She has her own approach in regards to materials and her best success has been in applying this approach to fairly standard kitchen items such as cutting boards.
I feel there is a need to develop a signature design vision and apply it to popular wood design items that are fairly sure of selling well. And then perhaps allow this vision to be expressed in more creative ways beyond these items.
I was impressed with the description of the process, until you got around to one of her products. Cutting boards would be one huge challenge for making a living. From Chinese imports, to every persons uncle with a table saw making them. It will take one heck of a vision! You should do her brochure for her. You made her product line sound pretty impressive.
With the different areas that you mention that she does, I think it would be beneficial to concentrate on one area. I agree with Rich that doing cutting boards unless VERY unique is not going to be a profitable line. Too many people doing it.
What items make her the most sales?
These are the questions that need to be answered by her and you. Once that is done, how will you market these items? Don't say through every means possible, rather develop a plan of how it can be done. If doing shows, consider time, expense and lost time in the shop into your calculations. If doing internet, who will handle website, develop it, etc.? If doing trade shows consider time, expense and lost shop time.
I started out with a small product line, expanded it as my mind developed more ideas. Now due to successful sales and volume increases, I am pulling the lower profit items down and concentrating on the higher margin and higher volume items. I am not the quickest at doing this, so it takes me a little longer than most to get things through my head. But it is working as sales keep rising along with profit.
The answers are inside of her. You just have to pull them out.
She has more interesting products than that. Cutting boards are just an example of what sells well.
One way of looking at this is on what basis a woodworking designer can become known, or what constitutes a "design signature".
Original products can be a strong and very "design-creativity" approach, which results in the person being seen as a kind of creative inventor, while working on the form of let's say more "classic" products could result in be associated with, say, minimalism, or an organic form.
Of course, beyond trends, this also comes down to what you are fundamentally good at and, bringing it back to business realities, what you can do efficiently and cost-effectively.
But I also feel it has to do with identifying what "type" of design woodworker you are - more an explorer, researching new ideas, more an obsessive type - pushing the boundaries of form and materials, or more a producer type, one who really enjoys the physical labour and who creates while doing.
"Interesting" should only be judged by one criterion: does it sell. And the path to being a "signature" woodworker usually involves 20+ years of consistent effort. The trick is to keep the doors open while doing that effort. (Unless you can get her onto TV somehow, then no experience is necessary. But I digress). I think, in reading what you've written, that you might have the cart before the horse. You're hoping that she can develop a reputation that will help her sell. I would recommend that she figure out how to sell, and that will either make her reputation or leave her wealthy enough that she doesn't need to care. Unfortunately, a focus on sales might run counter to her self-perception and how she wants to spend her days. If she's happiest making products, then it might be a struggle. If she wants to build a business, that's an entirely different matter. If the former, I recommend that you take a long, hard look at Etsy. It's an existing, popular sales channel with low barriers to entry.
Design signature will be based on how much marketing she does, and less about skill. If she wants that, she needs a marketing representative, a publicist, and like Paul said, a spot on a horrible TV show. I'm seeing advertising for one of the guys eliminated from one of the shows, as being a featured person at a closet show. No kidding? "Come on down and see a loser from a TV show." I did a search for cutting board on ETSY, only 25,189 results!
I'm not talking about choosing a distribution or even a marketing strategy, and by signature I don't mean how to become famous.
I mean making the right design choices in developing a creative/artistic approach and style you can call your own.
There's no particular need for design to be original or unique to be successful. I consider two questions when thinking about design:
1) Is the quality, beauty, and utility of this item self evident, without any knowledge of who made it or where it came from?
2) Can I execute this concept at the agreed-upon price without losing money?
If I can answer yes to both of those, then the particular form of the object doesn't much matter. I've never felt that it was important to have a recognizable personal style. Finding the intersection of questions 1 and 2 is enough restriction for me. I think you should consider carefully whether it's important that an object be judged by the identity of its maker or on its own merits. It's a lot easier to sell items that are simply good: functional, handsome, and reasonably priced.
Patrick, Maybe I should expand on my thoughts. Having a unique and recognizable design signature isn't worth a dime unless that design signature is in front of a broad section of the public. Hence the marketing and publicist suggestion. Maybe it is fine if she does a couple local trade shows and they recognize her work, but if she gets in some national art magazines, maybe the cover of a design magazine, and her work shows up in the background of a TV show or talk show, her design signature then starts to really mean something and is easily recognizable. In other words, the further a design signature expands from your local region, the more value it has. People in my region have told me they recognized my style of turning at art galleries and maybe even at a collector's home. But get outside of Central IL, and my signature work has no connection or value to the artist.
A tough road! Been there. Getting an identifiable design out to a large enough group of buyers will result in some Chinese guy realizing it is worth knocking off.
As a business consultant you should know there are only three possible strategies:
1) Own the only grocery store in town.
2) Have deep enough pockets to wear your competition down until you become the only grocery store in town.
3) Innovation.
The challenge to innovation is being able to stay off the radar of that guy with the deep pockets. As Larry points out, if you become too apparently successful that guy is going to kill you.


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ABAP.Delins Deletion : Tips To Delete ABAP.Delins In Simple Way
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Click Clear Away ABAP.Delins Immediately From PC
Part 1 : Start Your PC In Safe Mode With Networking
Part 2 : Delete ABAP.Delins Related Process From Task Manager
Part 3 : Delete ABAP.Delins From Control Panel
Part 4 : Delete ABAP.Delins From Chrome
Part 5 : Delete ABAP.Delins From Registry Editor
Part 6 : Reset Your Browser Settings To Delete ABAP.Delins
Part 1 : Start Your PC In Safe Mode With Networking
Delete ABAP.Delins For Window XP/Vista/7
- To open PC in Safe Mode Restart your PC.
- Click Start Menu then select the Restart option.
- Simultaneously hit F8 button while the PC start booting.
- Here you will get Advance boot menu.
- In this Advance boot menu >> select Safe Mode With Networking Option.
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Delete ABAP.Delins For Windows 8/10
- Click on Start Menu, hold Shift key and the press Restart button.
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Part 3 : Delete ABAP.Delins From Control Panel
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Delete ABAP.Delins From Windows 8
- Together Press Win+R button to open Run Box.
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- On Control Panel and then Click Delete a program.
- Find unwanted programs and click on Delete option.
Delete ABAP.Delins From Windows 10
- Press Start Menu and select Settings option.
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- Select on the Apps and Features option.
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Part 4 : Delete ABAP.Delins From Chrome
Delete ABAP.Delins From Google Chrome
- Open Google Chrome browser then click on icon to top right corner to open Chrome menu.
- Now click on the Tools settings option.
- Go to Extension and select all unwanted extension.
- Click on trash icon to Delete ABAP.Delins from Google Chrome.
Delete ABAP.Delins From Internet Explorer
- Press Alt+T buttons on Internet Explorer to open Tool Option.
- Also to open Tools option click on Gear Icon from the right-top corner.
- Click on Manage Add-ons option then select Toolbars and Extensions tab.
- Find ABAP.Delins and related add-ons then Click Disable.
- Finally click on Delete button.
Delete ABAP.Delins From Mozilla Firefox
- Click on Setting icon on top right corner to open browser menu.
- Now select Add-ons >> On Add-ons Manager tab select Extensions or Appearance panel.
- Select ABAP.Delins to Delete it.
- Click on the Delete button or Trash option.
Delete ABAP.Delins From Microsoft Edge
- Open Microsoft Edge then click on More (…) icon.
- Now click on A specific page or pages option.
- Select Custom option >>> type the URL of the page.
- Now to fix it Restart your Microsoft Edge Browser.
Part 5 : Delete ABAP.Delins From Registry Editor
- Open Run Command by by clicking Win + R keys together.
- On Run Command Type regedit and hit Enter or Press OK.
- Find and Delete all related registry files of ABAP.Delins.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEPCCurrentControlSetServicesWpm
- HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain Default_Page_URL
- HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Classes\[adware name]
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run .exe
- HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings CertificateRevocation = '0
Part 6 : Reset Your Browser Settings To Delete ABAP.Delins
Reset Google Chrome
- Click on Chrome menu to open the Settings.
- Now on Drop down option click on Settings option.
- Type Reset on the Search Box of Chrome Settings.
- Then click the Reset button.
- Wait until the Task is not completed then Restart the Browser.
Reset Mozilla Firefox
- Click on Firefox menu and click Help option.
- Here select Troubleshooting Information option.
- The press Refresh Firefox button from top of page.
- ClickRefresh Firefox button and then Restart your Mozilla Firefox.
Reset Microsoft Edge
- Click on More (…) icon, then select Settings option.
- Now select View Advanced Settings option.
- Here press <Add new> option.
- Type or Enter favorite search engine or URL the Press Add as default.
Reset Internet Explorer
- Click on Tools menu and select Internet Option.
- Click on Advance tab then click on Reset button.
- Find Delete Personal Settings and then press Reset Button.
- Finally click on Close Button and Restart your IE.


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Union naval forces captured New Orleans in March 1862. The city on the Mississippi was a key to shipping as well as moving supplies and troops for both the Union and the Confederacy.
Col. George F. Shepley, commander of the 3rd Brigade, was soon named military commandant of the city. In May 1862, he received a "private and confidential" report on the state of the city and what Union forces might need to do to maintain peace there.
Among the comments Shepley received was one suggesting that "elections be not held under the control of the present municipal authority."
The report also refers to The Southern Independent Association, which "holds its meetings in open streets and has at its service a band of assassins who will maintain in New Orleans the reign of terror if not immediately arrested."
Before Shepley had been in New Orleans very long, he began receiving pleas and requests from city institutions that were suffering because of the war and the occupation, reports about traitors or others who might threaten the Union cause, and requests relating to slaves and their status.
Here, Dr. Thomas Hunt, dean of the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana at New Orleans, wrote a plea that the troops leave his medical school alone.
Hunt had previously written a report to the U.S. forces about the school, as required when Union forces gained control of New Orleans.
He told Shepley Union troops had taken possession of the Medical Department despite the assurance he had received from Major Gen. Butler that such an action would not occur. The forces broke a passage through a wall.
Hunt wrote that the study of anatomy, including dissecting bodies, required privacy and seclusion.
Moses Bates, superintending and financial agent of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Baton Rouge, wrote about the need for cotton to keep prisoners employed and to bring in income for the prison.
He told Shepley that meeting the prison's needs required "a positive order forbidding any officer or private in the army from engaging in the cotton trade, and prohibiting the Army transports from freighting cotton until the Penitentiary is supplied."
Recommendation to fund school for indigent black children, New Orleans, 1862
Item 74503 info
Maine Historical Society
Among the institutions in the city that sought support were schools -- as well as services for indigent children.
Jo. Carter, superintendent of New Orleans schools, wrote a report recommending that a school for children of color receive funding like public schools.
He also wrote that there were 15 or more additional schools for black children, but that the one in question was the only charitable one. It was known as the Catholic Institution for the Instruction of Indigent Colored Orphans, but he wrote that it was open to children who were not black.
He also wrote, "The time may not be far distant, when, Public Schools for the colored children, shall be established or annexed, to the white schools under the direction of this Bureau..."
Part of Shepley's task in New Orleans was to stop activity that would aid the Confederate forces.
He ordered Provost Marshal Jonas French to arrest Mr. Tillotson of C. E. Cate & Co., shoe dealers, because he was making shoes for the Rebel army.
Residents of New Orleans and nearby areas often declared their support for the Union cause when making requests of the military forces controlling the city.
Vincenzo Micheletti wrote Shepley on June 12, 1862, seeking return of a skiff that was "the only support of my family." The skiff had been burned.
Micheletti wrote, "I pray you to save me in my distress as you saved this Country from tiranny misery and starvation."
R. R. Peebles wrote to Shepley, on behalf of McManus and Griffin, owners of several plantations in Plaquemine Parish near New Orleans. Peebles was the manager of the plantations.
Peebles wrote that soldiers from the 13th Maine visited the plantation when the owners were not at home, took furniture, trunks, a watch, wine and brandy, and a small sum of money.
The soldiers reportedly searched the house, scattered papers, and told the slaves they were free. The soldiers also reportedly told the slaves that if their former master attempted to interfere with them, they could kill him.
When the owner returned, the slaves were "in a high state of excitement" and McManus was afraid for his life. He went back to the plantation and the slaves refused to work, crops were in need of attention and would soon be a total loss. He suggested the buildings would be destroyed and the livestock slaughtered.
Peebles sought some action from the military command of New Orleans.
Brig. Gen Shepley to Brig. Gen. Dow on pillaging, New Orleans, 1862
Item 73965 info
Maine Historical Society
In September 1862, Shepley wrote to Brig. Gen. Neal Dow, commander of the 13th Maine, about a complaint from the French Consul of "sundry acts of violence and pillage alleged by him to have committed by United States soldiers at the residences of two Frenchmen..."
The officers and soldiers in question were under Dow's command. Shepley asked that if the charges were true, that the property be returned and the perpetrators punished.
Throughout his command in Louisiana, Dow pushed the limits of seizing Rebel property and was later charged with shipping some of the seized material to his home in Portland.
Another frequent topic of concern was the levees along the Mississippi.
At the end of December 1862, Shepley wrote to the new commander of the Department of the Gulf, Gen. Nathaniel Banks, about the condition of the levee in St. Charles Parish.
The letter introduced a planter who would explain to Banks the condition of the levee and the reasons to fix it. Shepley noted that if it overflowed, the railroad would be rendered impassable and communications would be cut off.
Request to prohibit whipping of prisoners, New Orleans, 1862
Item 73967 info
Maine Historical Society
Many of the policies that governed the occupation came from the military commanders or from officials in Washington.
Shepley was charged with carrying out the policies. Some he instituted himself.
In this case, the policy order came from Shepley's friend Major Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, commander of the Department of the Gulf.
He asked Shepley to issue an order to stop the whipping of prisoners at the Parish Prison.
Letter concerning Prayer for the President, New Orleans, 1862
Item 74242 info
Maine Historical Society
Butler favored policies that would punish Rebel supporters and that would push residents toward the Union side.
Order No. 33 required ministers to use the "Prayer for the President of the United States and others in authority" during their services.
Six ministers of Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New Orleans wrote to Shepley to explain that their "canonical" obligations prevented them from obeying Order No. 33.
They explained that they were not hostile to the government of the United States, but that their bishop ordered them to instead use the "Prayer for the President of the Confederate States."
Union sympathizers, or those claiming such sympathies, also wrote to Shepley, offering advice, tips about where stashes of armaments could be found, and information about people who might claim to be Union supporters but who were not.
George Thomas informed Shepley about a couple who, he believed, were going in and out of Union lines and who were not friends of the Union. He told Shepley where they could be found.
Thomas added "f.m.c." after his name, indicating he was a free man of color.
Statement denying charge of returning slaves, New Orleans, 1862
Item 72037 info
Maine Historical Society
Slaves, their status, and their relationship to the Union were a constant source of concern for the occupying forces.
Major Gen. Benjamin Butler, and some other officers, sometimes encouraged slaves to leave their owners, or looked the other way when they did. Butler had initiated the idea that slaves were "contraband of war" since owners considered them "property."
But the official policy of the U.S. was otherwise. Correspondence to Shepley and other Union officers about slaves was common.
Here, two Union soldiers wrote a statement contradicting a letter in the New York Times printed on June 19, 1862 that stated that slaves who were allowed into the Custom House, Mint, and other military depots in Union-occupied New Orleans had been "returned to their masters for a consideration."
They declared "upon their word and honor as soldiers and gentlemen" that they never directly or indirectly returned slaves to their owners.
P. M. Lapice of St. James Parish in Louisiana warned Shepley that "Negroes believe they are free."
Lapice, a farmer, wrote that the black population would cause "serious troubles" between Christmas and New Year's if told they are not free and that the authorities should take action to prevent problems.
"The negroes being so much accustomed to submission," he wrote, "a small number of white men would enforce order."
He added, "The visits of the Native Guards have the very worst effect on the blacks as well as on the Whites." The Native Guards were free blacks or men of mixed race who were free and had been given freedom when the U.S. made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Lapice also noted that even if there were no insurrection, the slaves would be idle after Jan. 1 and "may refuse to work."
He wrote, "How can loyal citizens' rights be protected against idle and vagabond negroes...?"
By early 1863, the military occupation supported slaves being paid for their work on plantations.
An agreement between planters and the U.S. Sequestration Commission called for slaves to return to plantations and work for one year for a set amount of pay or a portion of the year's crop.
The agreement was to be signed by the planter.
The plan to have slaves work for pay needed to be sold to the slaves as well as to the planters.
In February 1863, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf, sent to all commanding officers an explanation his plan to put slaves to work.
Banks, who assumed command of the Union's Department of the Gulf in mid December 1862, wrote that "an effort is being made to provide work for the negroes and to maintain the cultivation of Plantations ..."
He asked Shepley for help in "explaining to the negroes the advantages of the plan to their race, to the planter, and to the government."
Slaves also had value to the Union army as workers.
In December 1863, Brig. Gen. James Bowen, of the provost marshal general's office in the Union Army Department of the Gulf, wrote Shepley that the levees below New Orleans needed repair and that, "in the absence of adequate negro labor ... fifty negroes from the Parish Prison" had been ordered to do the repair work.
He asked Shepley to approve the order for the prisoners to work.
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